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National Security Files, Box 197: Vietnam, 4/63-5/63. Box 2

CENTRAL. INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. ; an \

This material contains information oflecting the “National. Defense: Pa the United States’ within ‘the mo ning” of the ‘Bapronage ‘Less, “Tithe a, V6
793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in sony, manner to oo uaa uthore ned Berson, i “prohibited by lav.

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(When Filled In) NO FOREIGN DISSEM/BACKGROUND USE ONLY /NO DISSEM AZBOAD

COUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM REPORTNO. TOCSDB-3/654, 285
SUBJECT INDICATIONS OF GOVERNMENT OF VIBTNAM are ist, 22 APRIL 1963
PLAN TO REQUEST REDUCTION OF AMERICAN .

PERSONNEL IN VIETNAM precepence ROUTINE
DATE OF MID-APRIL 1963 , REFERENCES INDO:
INFO. ; 22329
PLACE & VIETNAM, SAIGON (18 APRIL 1963)
DATE AC. ;

APPRAISAL FIELD. REPORT NO. FVS-8806
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE OEFINITIVE. _ APPRAISAL OF CONTENT-ISTEHMTATIVE.
source A VIETNAMESE OFFICIAL (F), WITH EXCELLENT CONTACTS. AT THE PRESIDENCY.
APPR IT 1s POSSIBLY TRUE THAT BOTH ‘DIEM AND NHU HAVE BECOME AT LEAST PARTIALLY UPSET

OVER CERTAIN AMERICAN ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH VIETNAM AND OVER THE LARGE NUMEER OF
— AMERICAN PERSONNEL CURRENTLY IN .SOUTH VIETNAM .

“1. BY MID-APRIL 1963 A. CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT. OF TENSION HAD.
DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM ANQ.THE, U.S. GOVERNMENT
‘OVER OPERATIONS IN SOUTH VIETNAM, BOTH DIEM AND NGO DINH NHU WERE
CONCERNED OVER RECENT "INFRINGEMENTS" OF: VIETNAMESE SOVEREIGNTY.
MAAG WAS CITED AS A ‘VIOLATOR IN THIS. GONNECTON,.BUT THE U.S.
SPECIAL FORCES WERE :SINGLED QUT: AS THE: MAIN.ARRETANT. - DLEM 1S
ALLOWING ADDITIONAL TIME FOR FURTHER BLUNDERS AND, AFTER BUILDING
UP A STRONG ‘CASE, HE PLANS: TO GONFRONT AMBASSADOR NOLT.ING AND.
USMACV CHIEF GENERAL HARKINS. WI-TH- IRREFUTABLE :EVIDENCE OF U.S.

RESPONSIBILITY, DEMANDING@A REDUCTION “iN!-THE: ‘NUMBER ‘OF U.S.
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' PERSONNEL IN SOUTH VIETNAM ‘ON THE. BASIS: THAT: THE FORCE 1S ‘TOO

LARGE AND UNMANAGEABLE’.

2. SOME VIETNAMESE Invoveb: IN- CLOSE: ‘WORKING: ‘RELATIONSHIPS
WITH AMER | CANS WERE BE!NG QUESTIONED IN. DETAIL: ‘BY PRESIDENCY

STAFF MEMBERS AS TO U.Si-ACTIVITIES.. “SOME OF THE. INDIVIDUALS
QUESTIONED HAD INDICATED TO THE PRESIDENCY, THAT THE U.S. MILITARY,
AND PARTICULARLY THE..U.S;. SPECIAL FORCES). ALTHOUGH GENERALLY
| WELL’MOTIVATED,. DID NOT"SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THE, NECESSITY FOR
| COORDINATING THEIR: ACTIVITIES WITH APPROPRIATE. VIETNAMESE, :
AUTHORITIES. . gates us -
3. FIELD DISSEM, STATE- (AMBASSADOR, Nouring),. USMACV,
| (GENERAL HARKINS), MAAG (GENERAL TIMMES)-GINCPAC PACFLT. ARPAC

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